#out

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#between #bit #conformity #consider #exquisite

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#character #characters #does #i #i write

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#against #around #been #book #came

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out. ↗

— Dean Inge

#candle #ever #fear #i #lighted

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it. ↗

— Dean Inge

#get #life #paying #share #up

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#about #ancestry #common #delusion #hatred

I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty. ↗